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By Catherine Morrison The Canadian Press Posted March 28, 2025 7:49 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size For the second day in a row, Liberal Leader Mark Carney has been pulled away from campaigning to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.  Carney, in his role as prime minister, will meet virtually with Canada’s premiers Friday to discuss the country’s response to Trump’s latest duties.The president signed an executive order earlier this week to implement 25 per cent levies on all automobile and auto part imports — his latest move to upend global trade through a massive tariff agenda th...

The Alberta government has implemented temporary measures to allow military reservists to deploy as part of June’s G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis Country. Canada will host leaders from the United States, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and Italy, as well as the European Union at the meeting scheduled from June 15 to 17.Alberta Jobs Minister Matt Jones says the government is providing a job-protected leave so reserve members can keep their civilian jobs while taking part in G7. The regulation takes effect March 31 and expires on August 31.He said the move was motivated by requests from reservists as well as Alberta military liaison and Cypress-Medicine Hat legislature member Justin Wright.“They brought to my attention that reservists would not be covered under reservist leave t...

By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted March 27, 2025 5:34 pm Updated March 27, 2025 5:51 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to boost the amount that can be put into tax-free savings accounts, if the funds are used to support domestic growth. The government currently allows Canadians to contribute $7,000 each year into their TFSA, which can be used to invest in things like mutual funds.Poilievre says he would e...

Quebec Premier François Legault is not telling voters which party he wants to see win the federal election, opting instead to call on all leaders to cut temporary immigration and protect key sectors of the province’s economy. It’s a change of strategy. Ahead of the last election in 2021, Legault said the Liberals and the NDP were “dangerous” and strongly suggested he wanted the Conservatives to win a minority government.The premier told reporters Thursday that he hopes all three major parties respond to his demands on two main issues: Quebec’s identity and prosperity.He said he wants leaders to commit to reducing the number of temporary immigrants in the province to 200,000 from the current 400,000. Federal leaders, he added, must also promise to protect major Quebec industries, like aeros...

Canada must “fundamentally reimagine our economy” in the face of escalating tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday, declaring the “old relationship” between Canada and the U.S. is “over.” Carney promised to bring retaliatory measures, reduce internal trade barriers and pivot Canada’s economy away from reliance on the U.S., after Trump announced new auto tariffs that will begin next week.“Over the coming weeks, months and years, we must fundamentally reimagine our economy,” Carney told reporters in Ottawa after meeting with the cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations.“The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over.”Carney wouldn’t say e...